Dear Service Provider,
We are delighted to announce the process for Nurturing Skills Learner Fund (NSLF) Continuous Students to confirm their eligibility for the coming academic year 2026/2027 opens today 8 June 2026 at 9am and will close on 26 June 2026 at 5pm. Can you please advise your staff of these details.
Continuing students: are existing students who successfully received NSLF funding for academic year 2024/2025 and/or 2025/2026 and are eligible to continue to receive funding for NSLF for academic year 2026/2027.
Important: It is the responsibility of the student to confirm their eligibility and failure to do so will result in NSLF funding being withdrawn. Once eligibility is confirmed, a new letter of Conditional Funding will be issued for the academic year 2026/2027.
Resources
Resources from the recent training sessions held on the 26 May 2026 and 27 May 2026 can be found in the resources section of the NSLF Student Portal.
Support
If you have any queries, please email NSLF@pobal.ie
About NSLF
The Nurturing Skills Learner Fund (NSLF) is co-funded by the European Union through the European Social Fund+ and by the Government Ireland through the Employment, Inclusion, Skills and Training programme (EIST) 2021-27.
NSLF aims to assist early year’s educators to pursue early learning and care (ELC) qualifications at level 7 and level 8 that have been approved by the Qualifications Advisory Board (QAB) while continuing to work in the sector.
Regards,
The Early Years Team